Found 159 collections related to Diaries

Charles Patrick Daly (1816-1899) was an American jurist, lecturer and writer who served as a judge of the New York City Court of Common Pleas for over forty years, the last twenty-seven as chief justice. Maria Lydig Daly, his wife, was active in the Democratic Party and various welfare organizations of the Civil War period. Her diaries of this period were published in 1962 under the title: Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865. Papers include correspondence; legal papers; writings and lectures; personal and legal scrapbooks; and diaries and notebooks. Also included are papers belonging to Maria Daly, wife of Charles P. Daly; of her father, Philip Mesier Lydig; and some letters and accounts of the French-born author and explorer Paul du Chaillu less

Edith Brevoort (1832-1891) was the youngest of the eight children of Henry Brevoort Jr. (1782-1848), a wealthy New York City landowner and friend of Washington Irving, and Laura Carson of South Carolina (died 1845). In 1853 she married Pierre Corné Kane (1828-1870). The Edith Brevoort diary, 1848 May 8-1849 May 20 (1 volume in slipcase) recounts the daily activities, thoughts and feelings of an intelligent young New Yorker from a prominent family. Diary entries, dated 1848 May 8-1849 January 31, start from the reverse end of the volume, the volume beginning with a text on The Object of Life, and her record of sermons given at Grace Church, 1848 July 16-1849 May 20, interspersed with quoted poetry and text. The collection includes a typescript commentary on the diary (11 p.) by George S. Hellman, and manuscript diary excerpts (34 p.) by Rose Kane Greer, with notes. less

Virgil Maxcy (1785-1844) was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, graduated from Brown University in 1804, and became an attorney and politician in Maryland. The papers consist of a journal, correspondence, and an undated July Fourth oration. The journal was kept in 1802 while Maxcy was acting as a tutor for the Roberts family near Columbia, South Carolina, and contains discussions of social life, adolescent concerns, and accounts of [Baptist] Association meetings and other religious manifestations in South Carolina and Kentucky. Correspondence dates from 1815 and 1843 with the bulk dating between 1821 and 1843. Letters relate chiefly to professional matters, particularly pertaining to his duties as Solicitor of the Treasury, though a letter from his brother, Jonathan Maxcy, is present. less

The collection consists of correspondence and other papers of prominent members of the interrelated McKim and Garrison families collected by Margaret McKim Maloney and others. Included are papers of architect Charles Follen McKim, abolitionists James Miller McKim, William Lloyd Garrison, James H. Garrison, and their descendants. Papers of James Miller McKim, 1828-1882, contain correspondence, accounts, family and personal miscellany, and clippings. Papers of his son Charles Follen McKim, 1857-1908, include correspondence, his diary of a walking tour in 1863, speeches, personal miscellany, and a sketch by Charles Dana Gibson, and printed matter. Also included is correspondence of Margaret McKim Maloney, Wendell Phillips Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, Jr., Frank J. Garrison, Moncure Conway, Wendell Phillips, and Edward and Mathilda Kyllman. less

A small quantity of papers belonging to Thomas Poppleton, a surveyor from Baltimore, including a journal kept while Poppleton was employed as commissioner to prepare a plan for draining the Collect Pond and Lispenard Meadows near Canal Street. The journal also mentions meetings with Robert Fulton, Anthony Bleecker, and Eli Whitney. Collection also contains letters to Popple from Bleecker, receipts for services and supplies; and a copy of the act appointing him as commissioner. less

Typescript extracts of a journal kept by Isaac Watts Platt (b. 1788) while pastor of the Presbyterian Church, West Farms, New York, 1847-1858. The entries concern difficulties of the pastor and give details of church history. Also includes a record of baptisms, marriages, and burials performed. A portrait of Platt is also included. Copy made by Charles D. Platt, grandson of the pastor less

John Dod Ward (1795-1873) was an American marine engineer who lived and worked in New Jersey, Vermont, New York, and Montreal. His son, Charles Dod Ward (1838-1915), was a civil engineer who married Ada Davey, daughter of Henry Lewis Davis and Jane Moore Sprong of Oswego, New York. The John Dod Ward family papers date from 1800 to 1936 and document the activities and lineage of the Ward, Roburds, Davis, and Sprong families through correspondence, business papers, diaries, photographs, and genealogical research files. John Dod Ward and Charles Dod Ward are the best-represented individuals in the collection. less

Rufus King (1838-1924) was a banker by profession as well as a respected genealogist. The son of Rufus Sylvester and Phoebe Odell King, his New England ancestors included the revolutionary war veteran and New York State Senator Rufus King, after whom he was named. The Rufus King genealogical research papers consist primarily of the notes and correspondence generated and collected by King in the course of tracing his family's lineage, as well as an assortment of family papers dating from 1720 to 1866. less

Sally Squire was married to Alvin Squire and kept this diary between July 8, 1815 and July 9, 1816. She began the diary following the death of her son, Alvin A. Squire, on July 8, 1815 and kept it as a record of her religious life for a year. The diary is written in a book given to Squire by her "dearest earthly friend" and was intended for his eyes only. It reveals personal standards of conduct, mentions her joining the Presbyterian Church, and gives her views on Christian unity. Appended are the sermon delivered by Reverend E. Mason at Squire's son's funeral on July 9, 1815 and "Sunday School Accounts" from 1819 and 1820 less

Samuel Adams (1745-1819) was an American physician who served during the U.S. Revolutionary War. Collection consists of Adams's diary and miscellaneous papers. Diary describes his early life in Connecticut, colonial army service, job as a teacher, study of medicine, practice in Massachusetts and Maine, role as a surgeon in the Continental Army, and tavern keeping, 1792-1796. Diary is particularly significant for details of his medical practice including obstetrical cases. Miscellaneous papers include notes on anatomy, army commissions, commonplace book, and some correspondence. less

Robert Taylor kept these diaries (3 vols.) from December 11, 1824-July 1, 1825; September 24-28, 1844; and February 5, 1846-August 1, 1847 Taylor kept the 1824-1825 diary during a voyage on board the "Gypsy," owned by Josiah Williams & Co., from Saybrook, Connecticut to Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe and back, taking out livestock and vegetables and returning with molasses. Entries describe incidents on board and ashore, a storm at sea, hay and steers cast overboard, customs of natives they encountered, holiday ceremonies, coopering hogsheads, loading molasses, and other matters Taylor kept the 1844 diary during a trip from New York City to Montreal, traveling by steamboat to Albany, canal boat to Whitehall, steamboat to St. Johns, and rail to Montreal. Entries describe sleeping accomodations on the boats, public buildings (prison, etc.) at Albany, meeting with Governor William C. Bouck and A.C. Flagg en route to Plattsburg, recollections of Commodore MacDonough, scenery, and other matters The 1846-1847 diary is also partially an autobiography. This volume related to Taylor's trade as a cooper; holding political offices in New York city, including Captain of the Watch, Mayor's Clerk, Judge of the Court of Sessions, candidate for Mayor and State Senator and Constitutional Convention; owner of a type foundry; and Secretary to the Commissioners of Emigration less

Sir John Maxwell Tylden, a captain in the 43rd regiment of the British Army, kept this diary on an expedition from England to New Orleans, Louisiana. Entries date from October 27, 1814-May 10, 1815. Tylden records operations before New Orleans and at Mobile Bay and describes social and political life in Havana, Bermuda, and other locations. The diary includes watercolor sketches of coast lands, as well as a portrait of Tylden copied by Mrs. G.W. Smith less

Standish Backus (1875-1943) was a corporate lawyer and president of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1920 to 1943. The collection is composed of correspondence concerning his genealogical research on the Standish, Backus, and related families as well as the data and family documents he assembled including letters, deeds, printed ephemera, photograph albums, ancestral charts, and family crests. Also present is an illustrated European travel journal kept by Standish Backus, 1890-1891. less

Samuel Locke, a "forty-niner" (early settler in the California gold rush), kept this diary and memorandum book in 1850. The volume contains a "sick list" for June 27-July 2, 1850; accounts against persons for medicine and attendance; personal addresses; accounts of provisions purchased from July 2-15, 1850; a diary kept onboard the "California Packet" from San Francisco en route home via Panama from November 9-December 1, 1850, in which Locke mentions the loss of his possessions by fire before he sailed, his illness, and that of many passengers (some of whom had been ill for six and nine months), grumbling about food, drunken officers of the ship, and other matters. The volume was endorsed by J. L. Locke in Belfast on May 10, 1860: "Memorandum kept by Sam'l Locke on his passage home from California. Nov. 1850 - to 1851." less

This volume contains the sailmaking business accounts and farm diary of Samuel Miller Megie. The account book portion dates from 1828-1831 and was used at Megie's sailmaking business in New York City. The diary was kept from January 1-December 31, 1862 and primarily concerns activities on Megie's farm at Murray Hill, New Providence Township, Union County, New Jersey. Diary entries were made by various members of the Megie family and describe family activities, hired help, the weather, crops, visitors, periodicals received at the Post Office, and other matters. There are also occasional cost records less

Samuel Thompson (1738-1811) was a farmer and physician of Setauket, Long Island, New York. Collection consists of Thompson's diaries with transcripts and some family papers. Diaries, 1800-1808, chronicle events in the life of Thompson's family and neighbors in Brookhaven Township and Suffolk County. Family papers, 1710-1858, include wills, bills of sale for slaves and indentures for servants, land deeds, estate inventories, and letters. Family papers contain photograph of Thompson's house and lists of other family documents. less

Papers consist of two volumes of collected original deeds, indentures, leases, wills, and miscellaneous correspondence of the Scudder family of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, and a family journal and scrapbook in one volume. Volume 3 contains correspondence with Marvyn Scudder and others concerning the death in action of Jack Scudder in France during World War I. Volume 4, Marvyn Scudder scrapbook, is a journal and scrapbook with entries by members of several generations of the family of Moses L. Scudder (1843-1917), railroad president and financier of Halesite, Huntington, recording family matters and social activities, with particular reference to the upbringing of Marvyn and Philip Johnston ("Jack") Scudder. The volume, including numerous photographs of family members and their activities, also served as a guestbook for friends and family visiting the estate. less

Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), a Congregational clergyman, was known as "the father of geography". His lectures on geography included Geography Made Easy (1784), the first geography publication in the U.S. Morse established the Andover Theological Seminary (1808), the New England Tract Society (1814), and the American Bible Society (1816). He started several periodicals and devoted the latter part of his life to working in behalf of American Indians and the poor. Collection consists of correspondence, sermon and journal. Correspondence, 1779-1850, is from authors, booksellers, clergy, mapmakers, and Morse family members, and concerns religious matters and geography. Journal, 1805, details his visit to the Isles of Shoals in Maine and New Hampshire. less

Diary of a New York City merchant kept while in the 6th Company, 27th Regt., New York Militia, primarily concerned with social life and activities in New York City; company drills and parades; visits in various Eastern states; funeral of President William Henry Harrison; a visit to President Tyler; and other miscellaneous information less

Isaac Pendleton Langworthy (1806-1888) was a Congregational clergyman in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In addition to serving as a minister, he was corresponding secretary of the American Congregational Union and a member of the American Congregational Association of Boston. Collection consists of papers of Isaac Langworthy, his wife Sarah Williams Langworthy, their son Frank, and various other family members. Papers of Isaac P. Langworthy include his personal creed, letters he received, accounts, sermons, notebooks, and miscellaneous materials. Sarah Langworthy's papers contain letters and notebooks. Also, correspondence, 1869 diary and papers of Frank Langworthy; and certificates and records of or about other family members. less

Diary belonging to Isaiah Townsend of Albany, NY., Nov. 26 1840-Feb. 18, 1841. Describes a voyage on board the sailing ship Roscius from New York to Liverpool, thence through England, France, and Italy, with descriptions of his fellow voyagers, places visited, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Ives, and Rev. and Mrs. Paige were passengers on the ship. Transcript less

J. T. McLaughlin, a midshipman in the United States Navy, kept this diary and logbook of the U.S.S. Erie and U.S.S. Boston. Log entries for the U.S.S. Erie date from September 1-October 3, 1828, during a voyage from New York to the West Indies, and from November 12, 1828-February 28, 1829. Log entries for the U.S.S. Boston date from June 30, 1830-January 9, 1831, during a voyage from New York to Mediterranean ports. McLaughlin's diary entries date from December 31, 1831 through January 9, 1832 and were made while he was kept at Port Mahon, recovering from dueling wounds. Entries include notes on rigging the ships, as well as transcriptions of poetry less

Hiram Miller made entries in this diary between August and September 1833, during a trip to Schenectady via Albany and the Hudson River, from Schenectady to Skaneateles and Auburn on a canal boat, and on his return home. Miller commented on towns he passed, expenses, and other matters. The volume also includes his own personal notes and accounts less

Homer Crane Blake (1822-1880) was a U.S. naval officer. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to Commodore Blake's service in the United States Navy. Includes official letterbook relating to affairs in Africa, China, Cochin China, Japan, and particularly the American mission to establish treaty relations with Korea, 1869-1872; reports of actions of American naval forces against Korean forts (1871); journal kept aboard the U.S.S. Alaska, with observations on currents, weather and other subjects, from New York to Korea via Africa, Cochin China, Japan, and China; scrapbook of clippings and other papers concerning action of the U.S.S. Hatteras with the C.S.S. Alabama in 1862; scrapbook containing material on Homer Kirtland Flanagan Blake as a member of the Class of 1875 at Columbia College; and autographs of many United States Navy officers and other government officials. less

Hannah Elizabeth Nightingale, was the wife of Captain Thomas H. Nightingale of the British Royal Navy, who was stationed in South Africa in the 1850s. Nightingale's manuscript diary, 1850-1851, written at Fort Peddie, Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, records events and conditions in the area, including the Kaffir uprisings during the period. less

The Hartshorn family was from Taunton, Massachusetts. Collection consists of daybooks, ledgers, copybooks, classbooks, letters, invitations, and travel journal for trip to Italy. Daybooks and ledgers pertain to the business of Jessie Hartshorn and family household expenses. less

Henrietta Cornelia Bevier was the daughter of Philip DuBoys Bevier of Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Diary, 1809 June 10-Sept. 3 of an unidentified girl attending the school of Miss Sarah Pierce, Litchfield, Connecticut. At the end of each week she records current events, synopses of the weekly sermon, name of the preacher, etc. Other students mentioned include Eliza Canfield, Sophia Coit, and J. Radcliff. The diary has been attributed to Henrietta Bevier, but may have been written by her younger sister, Hylah Bevier, b. 1795. less

Henry Dana Ward kept this diary as rector of St. Jude's Protestant Episcopal Free Church in New York City from January 1, 1850 through September 30, 1857. Entries pertain to services for others including William A. Muhlenberg and Thos. Gallaudet; marriages, births, and deaths; church government; elections of bishops; "wine bibbing'" bishops; his family and his school for young ladies; discipline, teachers, and servants; current events; slavery; the weather; a letter from Fillmore, and other matters less

Henry Hunter Peters, merchant and farmer, had a mercantile business in California and then farmed in Southboro, Mass. Collection consists of diaries, correspondence, accounts, lectures, photographs, and printed matter. Diaries, 1850-1856, describe Peters's journeys by steamer from New York to California and Oregon; his life as a merchant in California during the early period of the gold rush; and life on his dairy farm in Southboro, Mass. Includes personal and business letters; mercantile accounts of Peters and Hazeltine and Scranton and Peters in San Francisco and Sacramento; lectures on farming and on his 1871 trip to Europe; and diary, 1851-1852, of H.C. Leonard in Astoria, Oregon, containing a vocabulary of a North American Indian language (Chinook?) and a daguerreotype portrait of Peters, ca. 1848. less